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Buckhannon Stockyards

Name: Buckhannon Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Buckhannon, West Virginia · Wed, Aug 20

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1872

← Aug 13Aug 20Aug 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

52 head

▲ 26 vs last sale 26▼ 42 vs year ago 94 · −44.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

24 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 14▼ 8 vs year ago 32 · −25.0%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.87/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −11.55 against this barn's trailing median of $312.43.

Average price

$300.87

6 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$57.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.02

vs WV average

−58.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	320.06	1,652	4thin
Medium and Large 2	538	262.50	1,411	2thin

One grade step is worth $57.56/cwt here — about $241 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale6 hd

300.87

—

WV average2 barns · 40 hd

332.90

−32.02

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

−58.93

This barn, trailing median4 sales

312.43

−11.55

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $359.46, low $277.25, median $312.43 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,693	182.91	3,097	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,571	163.64	2,571	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,365	158.34	2,161	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,074	152.05	1,632	3thin

Every lot

26 lots · USDA AMS · Buckhannon Stockyards Livestock Auction - Buckhannon, WV

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,688	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,425	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,660	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,470	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	360.00/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,872	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,037	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,207	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,170	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	284.68/cwt	255.00–315.00	1,338	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,628	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	320.06/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,652	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,378	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,443	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,740	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,959	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	309.88/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,070	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	738	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,066	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	387.06/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,645	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,010	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,693	182.91/cwt	157.00–194.00	3,097	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,005	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,397	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,108	158.57/cwt	157.00–160.00	1,757	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,365	158.34/cwt	142.00–165.00	2,161	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,570	161.40/cwt	159.00–164.00	2,534	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,573	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,627	2

This sale against other markets

West Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every West Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

West Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Buckhannon Stockyards Livestock Auction - Buckhannon, WV

Wed Aug 20, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Charleston, WV (LS-CW)

Feeder CattleReceipts 52Last week 26Year ago 94

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 14Year ago 32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	415	400.00	400.00
2	500–550	520	345.00–375.00	360.00
2	550–600	558	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	490	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	560	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	325.00	325.00
2	450–500	470	255.00–315.00	284.68
1	500–550	520	265.00	265.00
1	550–600	555	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	600	290.00	290.00
2	700–750	738	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	355.00	355.00
2	450–500	472	345.00	345.00
4	500–550	516	315.00–325.00	320.06
2	600–650	632	310.00	310.00
3	650–700	668	300.00–315.00	309.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	375.00–400.00	387.06
2	700–750	718	280.00	280.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,573	167.00	167.00
3	—	1,570	159.00–164.00	161.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	139.00	139.00
2	—	1,108	157.00–160.00	158.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,365	142.00–165.00	158.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,693	157.00–194.00	182.91

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.